this is al jazeera. and i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the singapore summit is over but the talking continues the u.s. meets with south korea and japan to discuss the deal that made with kim. the battle for hyundai doubt saudia namrata a coalition forces launched an operation to retake the yemeni port city as aid agencies warn of a human catastrophe. standing up for gaza the un adopts a resolution condemning exessive israeli force against palestinians. the right to

life and viruses the whites of the mother emotional protests as argentina discusses whether to legalize abortion. the u.s. secretary of state is in the soulfire he's been briefing south korea's president in tuesday's landmark meeting between donald trump and north korea's leader kim jong un might from pails also match the foreign ministers of south korea and japan chung's concession to end military drills with seoul called america's two biggest allies in the asia pacific region off guard wayne hayes joining us now live from seoul when there's an awful lot about this summit that is still very unclear it's going to be a very busy day in the soul not just for my pump aoe. yes that's right as you say the diplomatic activity continues at full speed there is a national security council meeting to lead by the south korean president moon jay

in that is the first time that he has led a meeting of his national security council since november last year we're also seeing the resumption of high level military talks between north and south korea for the first time in ten years those talks are underway right now in the demilitarized zone but yes. certainly taking center stage he has met with the south korean president mungy in there is a media conference starting any moment now and likely to be some tough questions not just in the media conference but perhaps from the south korean president as well why weren't we told in advance that the americans were going to withdraw from the joint military exercises as was pointed out by the u.s. president donald trump in singapore i suspect what we may end up with is something a little different then a complete withdrawal or a complete cancellation of the military exercises but likely to be some questions are asked of the u.s. secretary of state might pompei or about the specifics of exactly what has been

agreed between donald trump and kim jong un but given all of that we're in at the same time how likely is it do you think that south korea is eventually just going to have to go along with either ending or suspending these military exercises. yes i think that's probably inevitable they need the united states they need to be seen to be on the same playing field really when it comes to dealing with north korea and i think that what you'll see from president moon in this media conference and in the coming days and weeks is a sign or an indication from them that we really just want to embrace what we saw in singapore between donald trump and kim jong un and we are on board with whatever it takes within reason to achieve the ultimate aim of a denuclearized korean peninsula and bringing an end to the korean war there will be concern though no doubt that there is a suspicion here that really the u.s.

has given up quite a bit certainly if they end up suspending or canceling the joint military exercises in exchange for very little from north korea that the u.s. has given up concessions so that will be a concern the south koreans want the military exercises they in the past believe that this is part of the protection that it needs from the united states and japan as well we see the japanese foreign minister in seoul he will also meet with my palm peo today there are regional security implications in the japanese clearly don't want the military exercises to come to an end and they certainly don't want a downsizing or a withdrawal completely of u.s. military presence in the region we're in thanks very much and. the study emma raji coalition fighting in yemen has launched a large scale offensive to take control of the port city of hard data from hooty rebels that's despite u.n. warnings of catastrophic humanitarian consequences the security council will hold

an emergency meeting in the next twenty four hours to discuss the situation the red sea port is yemen's second largest after aden and an important point of entry for aid shipments intense airstrikes have hit locations south of her data the healthy say they responded by launching missiles at a coalition ship. seize her data in a total of twenty fourteen as part of an effort to topple the government of president and months or hide the. about seventy percent of yemen's food enters the country through the port sphere the fighting will cut off much needed supplies of food fuel and medicine twenty two million people that's around two thirds of yemen's population rely on aid eight point four million are already at risk of starvation save the children says famine is now a real possibility about six hundred thousand people live in and around her data some have fled the fighting but many are still there. as more.

a major military operation is underway yemeni government troops are on the move to take the port of poti from both the rebels warplanes and warships of the saudi emirate the coalition have also launched strikes on the city and reinforcements are joining soldiers on the ground for what many say is a decisive battle for control over northern yemen but they do tell a little bit they are here on our way to for data and we will liberate it from the who we are determined to celebrate you and mark the end of ramadan their. day does seaports is a vital lifeline for the whole thesis the saudis say that's where the shia rebels get weapons smuggled in from iran that's denied by both and the host these the united nations fearing what the spokesman called

a bloodbath if the day there was attacked by coalition forces has proposed and you deal that would see houthi as hand over the support to the u.n. but that wasn't accepted the bourse also a vital lifeline for millions of civilians caught up in the war and aid agencies are now warning of a humanitarian catastrophe they say supply routes for urgently needed aid will become. but and more than a quarter of a million lives are at risk the fact that we have more military operations going on will just exacerbate the situation which means that not enough we entered for the entire population of human we have already today eighty percent of the yemeni people who rely heavily on humanitarian aid thanks to the war in yemen has already claimed tens of thousands of lies mostly civilians many have died of hunger and

disease but the fighting has gone on so far none of the attempts to have its it is nor how succeeded none of the players are working to go their vision or order of the national players so they can bring your money to the table the saudi and military coalition leads the campaign to drive the whole things out of the day and they get many capital sanaa and reinstate the government of president also handy. but the rebels remain defiant firing blister missiles into saudi arabia and volleying to determine the capital to the possible. the un general assembly has passed a non-binding resolution condemning israel for using excessive force against palestinian protesters in gaza israeli soldiers have shot dead at least one hundred twenty nine demonstrators at the border since march mike hanna reports from the

united nations the general assembly is now voting members of the general assembly prepare to vote the resolution aimed at the protection of the palestinian civilian population against what it calls excessive force but it took a long debate and several procedural votes forced by the u.s. to get to this point earlier intent on making hamas accountable the u.s. had introduced an amendment accusing him us of being the prominent actor in the ongoing violence this was. opposed by the sponsors of the original resolution who called for a vote on the amendment to be denied this attempted struct a vote on an amendment proposed by the united states is shameful i call on all member states to oppose this motion and vote now sixty two voted in favor of the amendments fifty eight against but the general assembly president ruled a two thirds majority was needed the stick by the u.s.

and yet another vote was held to gauge whether there was a simple majority support for the u.s. position there was not a huge assembly supporting the two thirds rule by seventy eight votes against fifty nine confirming the u.s. amendments had failed to pass all of you are a very sophisticated diplomate you know the real thing and you know the games and the gimmicks and we trust you fully to do that i think and to sift between those who try for the last minute for expediency to fool you by introducing amendments and these are in bad faith because they are not genuine the original resolution was vigorously attacked by israel by the boarding the from evolution you are empowering the math over the past two months we have heard from some of the war the war a friend of about the thought called the palestinian great mileage of return if

melania the head of the hamas president eduard one of turkey and others with the support for view that tax against these were. but to no avail when the vote was finally taken a truce passed by a substantial majority one hundred twenty members voted in favor forty five abstained and only eight including the united states opposed while the use general assembly votes are largely symbolic this one has some teeth it calls on the secretary general to look into how best to protect palestinian civilians to look at the viability of an international protection force and to report back to the general assembly within sixty days. underlying the sense of urgency and meant to how serious the crisis on the ground since the current round of protests began more than one hundred palestinians have been killed over ten thousand injured many by directed sniper fire mike hanna al-jazeera united nations. qatar has extended

a five hundred million dollar aid package to jordan to help its struggling economy cut house foreign minister has been holding talks with jordan's king in amman i'm going to start to measures triggered waves of protests in recent weeks which led to the resignation of the prime minister saudi arabia the u.a.e. and coate have already pledged two point five billion dollars to help jordan. plenty more ahead in the news including round two of the media mergers now comcast tries to buy twenty first century fox plus its trailer is not a role model for europe or role model for country anyway when it comes to repeating . a refugee crisis in europe brings back memories of a similar incident that changed the strain is immigration policy. and in sports the promises of a big party in the u.s. canada and mexico in twenty twenty six but why was celebrations muted after the

when. there's both anger and joy in central africa over the release from prison of a convicted warlord the former vice president of the democratic republic of congo jumpier banda was found guilty of atrocities committed by his troops they've been sent to central african republic to put down a could attend but last week an appeals court judge said ben but could not be held criminally responsible for the crimes such as audi and reports. the political future of former vice president john pierre who's just acquitted of war crimes dominates headlines in the democratic republic of congo but for many in neighboring central african republic bemba's acquittal is disheartening. to the benbow committed crimes killed looted and plundered from this his acquittal is

humiliating to us international justice has failed us two years ago the international criminal court convicted bemba for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by a private army he commanded inside central african republic yeah my feet he's all if you really my daughter was raped and she tried to flee with me i was horrified the former vice president fought hard to overturn the conviction and earlier this month. after examining new evidence the i.c.c. ruled bemba had had limited ability to control his troops and he could not therefore be held criminally liable. bemba should have stayed in jail for the rest of his life we a really disappointed and frustrated by the decision. has always maintained his innocence as he told al jazeera in two thousand and seven i am not the of course involve on any of these things. member was also convicted of fraud and will be sentenced next month for influencing witnesses and falsifying evidence during his

war crimes trial his acquittal and released from detention gives his supporters in the democratic republic of congo hope that he will run in a tentatively scheduled december presidential election bemba was a popular opposition leader and ran an unsuccessful campaign to unseat president joseph kabila in two thousand and six. politically informed people knew there would be a moment when they with voted six could be. president joseph kabila second term ended in december of two thousand and sixteen and kabila has delayed a new election several times citing a third of violence like of economic resources and voter registration issues. will come back and will be a candidate as he was in two thousand. members attorney says the former vice president plans to return to brussels to be with his wife and five children and decide what move he makes next. on al jazeera haiti has banned

oxfam great britain from operating in the country after its stuffer accused of sexual misconduct the haitian government said the charity had violated laws and people's dignity it's alleged that some aid workers including a former country director used prostitutes working there after the twenty ten quake . the u.s. media company comcast which owns the n.b.c. television network and the universal phone brand has been sixty five billion dollars for twenty first century fox not except for a showdown with walt disney which is already locked in its own multibillion dollar bid for the same assets the move come from comcast comes to us one day after a judge cleared a t. and t.'s takeover of time warner john hendren has more comcast is offering sixty five billion dollars for the movie and television assets of twenty first century fox that outbids disney which had previously offered fifty two billion dollars at

stake or the global television channels such as national geographic satellite television networks sky in europe star in india end the hulu streaming service which is number three after amazon and netflix why is this all happening now because a day earlier on tuesday u.s. judge ruled that eighteen t. could go ahead with its eighty five billion dollars bid for time warner the trump administration had objected on antitrust grounds saying it was too much media in one set of hands but a judge overruled that saying it could go ahead that seems to have begun to set off merger mania media companies want to go vertical they want to marry content with distribution that's a model created by amazon and netflix which started out doing distribution and then created their own content that's a model everybody is now competing with so what could happen now well comcast could simply win with its bid disney could make a counteroffer and win or the two companies could split the assets of time warner the time warner board will meet on june twentieth to consider the offers.

argentina's congress has begun debating whether to legalize abortion hundreds of people have gathered outside parliament and while a service of the session is taking place it's an issue that's deeply divided a country that remains strongly influenced by the catholic church argentinean law only allows abortions in cases of rape or when a woman's life is at risk to the supposed centers this update from outside congress they want to set us it's a historic gain argentinos congress is debating for the first time the possibility of legalizing abortion in this country there's thousands and thousands of people here now in the evening waiting for congress to vote on one side are those supporting and demanding that abortion be legalized in this country and on the other side there's those who are asking lawmakers to vote against it abortion is illegal in argentina except in case of rape or when i woman lives at this risk the law would allow abortions to be carried out until fourteen weeks of pregnancy and

after rice public hospitals to carry them out only rich people can afford to an abortion and a lot of women die. in the hospital because they can go to the hospital really because they can go to the jail and it's something that it's not right women can face after four years in prison if accused of having had an abortion but in spite of this around half a million clandestine abortions are carried out every year. pro-life groups say that the two lives should be protected and very saying that legalizing abortions is not the way we're going to have a disagreement on the bus and there are a lot of steps that should be taken prior to passing this law a lot of education needs to happen you know people have to know that if you do something there are consequences and one of those is getting pregnant as a consequence as a. bonus for and against changing the law were separated. i am at home and

by the police in order to prevent confrontations women rights groups say that legalizing abortion in this country is a matter of public health that thousands of women are hospitalized every year because the botched abortions most of them pipework the debate is expected to go on all night long and the vote expected to happen on thursday morning people here are saying that we're waiting here for the results. now in just a few hours one of the biggest and most expensive football world cups ever will begin in russia president vladimir putin hopes fans from around the world will get a nice taste of the country rory chalons has more thanks.

the fans are arriving football chancer reverberating around city squares one of the biggest sporting parties in the world is upon us once again that. it was eight years ago that fee for an ounce to two thousand and eighteen host would be russia amid allegations of corruption in the world cup bidding process nevertheless but even a person was pleased enough to accept with a rare speech in english fully believe in the stuff and when. you can meet with you that we will be less. do that still. world cup moments is now here russian business news site estimates the full cost fourteen point two billion dollars and for that gets a chance to generate some much needed goodwill for the country because internationally

russia has something of a reputation problem the annexation of crimea and the war in eastern ukraine the sports doping scandal allegations of russian interference in foreign elections the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in england all these and more the list of perceived transgressions is long enough that political analyst under a kolesnikov suspects any world cup image boost will be limited to the home front it's extremely important too to make such a gift to a domestic audience but for four in the audience russia will not change its image as a toxic toxic paul or toxic country. because there were so many events of other kinds that even the good organisation of football championship can change and i think i am sure. but as he spoke at the feet for congress on wednesday putin made it clear hosting the world cup isn't just about pleasing russians or

international politics it's about giving visitors the best impression of russia to the goal is that all our guests from football stars to simple fans feel the hospitality and cordiality about people that they learn the authentic multinational culture and unique nature of russia and that they would like to come back to us again it's something he's tried before four years ago russia hosted the winter olympics in sochi the region was flooded with cash to smarten it up for all the visitors for the world cup that's been done on a much wider scale in total eleven world cup cities have received investment money from the huge metropolises of moscow and simpy does work to smaller cities like. and some model the aim is to get fans and money to parts of the country far off the usual tourist trail making sure visitors get a russian experience is something that's filtered into the choice of this year's official world cup instruments to these. and they're an update on the sport played

in traditional russian folk music the sound of a full stadium banging these together. it's something you're going to hear a lot of in the weeks to come. home visitors to have the best possible time here of course involved keeping them safe at the european championship two years ago in france violent clashes between english and russian fans were broadcast around the world since then russian police have come down hard on local hooligans they want no repeat of such violence here hands and you're a security measures such as a strictly controlled id system are in place to prevent bombs and other attacks for a month the eyes of the world will be on russia everything has to go smoothly rory chalons al-jazeera moscow. well james dorsey is a syndicated columnist and he's the author of the turbulent world of middle east soccer he's joining us and skype from singapore we certainly appreciate your being

with us thank you very much indeed if i understand it correctly from past experience the group placings in matches that take place in the world cup very often defy global politics what teams should be we will be watching out for in this one. well i think that certainly saudi arabia iran. iceland. would certainly walk from the region being saudi arabia for the first time in more than a cage in the world cup against the background of the kingdom vying to authorities in the woods with the international football politics the europeans are one of the best performing african teams and the at the world cup for the first time in twenty eight years the iranians obviously one of the best teams and both saudi arabia and iran were to get out of the group stage you could actually see a clash between the two on the soccer pitch and rocca against the backdrop of their

rivalry and i flew up for its own reasons that been a phenomenal former again in recent years looking outside in a wider context who were juby tipping to getting into the finals and heading towards the trophy that's very hard to guess but i would certainly look at the europeans will see what happens with spain. of their coach at the very last minute by booking the spaniards the germans of course the argentinians the brazilians more or less in the classical willard's of world cups of we've seen that over the years let me ask you about spain because this really has been quite an extraordinary event to lose your manager just days before they they are vent itself how do you think that that is going to affect the team are they going to be able to come back from that. it is a very good and they obviously have

a lot at stake in the world cup so we'll have to see how it works out i think football we both agree that this is going to be a very good moment because if the spaniards don't form that one that's going to get the play in the bottom of. this it goes decided by the code forty eight hours. before the match ok james dorsey author thank you very much indeed we appreciate your time over here and we're going to have a little bit more on the world cup later in the bulletin in the meantime let me take you to so we're getting prepared to hear from the american secretary of state mike pompei o and the japanese foreign minister and his south korean counterpart talking about the discussions that they have had today on the trump came summit

which just happened a day ago we can listen in no we are going to listen to the speech of his star. i. think it is my great pleasure and honor to welcome the u.s. secretary of state mr mike teo and my japanese counter pride the foreign minister mr tata o'connor here in this hour of first of all i would like to take this opportunity to express my deep gratitude to secretary pompei o for coming to say all right after the historic summit meeting between president trump and chairman kim in north korea on june twelfth in singapore. this is also sequitur from payors first visit to sour as secretary of state so welcome mr secretary your presence here today demonstrates better than anything how closely we work together

to strengthen ryans and to achieve i shared goals i would also like to convey my deep gratitude to the minister of portugal for maintaining close coordination for the success of the u.s. d.p. r. k. summit and it's very good to have him here back and so so soon after his visit in april during the meeting today secretary pompei were briefed us on the outcome of the june twelfth us d p r k summit i congratulated him and president trump for the success of the summit which will be be quoted as a historic turning point to are completely reading the korean peninsula of the last remnant of the korean war resolving the north korean nuclear issue and securing permanent peace on the korean peninsula the following are the key points of our

meeting today first and for us d.p. r. k. summit the three of us we have come to the adoption of the joint statement in singapore where chairman kim reaffirmed his firm and unwilling commitment to the complete denuclearization of the peninsula while president tramp committed to provide north korea that with the security guarantees this is the first time that the higher stuff after north korea promised the president of the united states to really it's the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula which we believe how best stirred the polish political momentum for action to resolve the north korean nuclear issue. secondly we should be understanding that the june twelfth summit is not the end but a new beginning tour as a denuclearized and peace for the korean peninsula in this regard it is

a shared expectation to see substantial progress in the denuclearization process through fouling up negotiations building upon the outcome of the us d p r k summit we also hope that this process respects out a more concrete picture of a brighter and more prosperous future for north korea. thirdly through our best agreed that we would not have been here we are we're here where we are today we're back after close cooperation right leaders especially the frequent and close communication and the trust foraged between president and president trump have been the driving force that has led to the summit in singapore and ensured its success in this regard i look forward to continuing the note tonight cooperation and consultation with secretary pompei will as well as minister quote go towards the

complete denuclearization and permanent peace on the korean peninsula we will continue our close cooperation with other neighboring countries as well as well as our friends and supporters of the international community and lastly secretary pompei and i reaffirm that the u.s. alliance which celebrates its sixty fifth anniversary this year robust as ever that the united states forces in korea has and will continue to play a crucial role for deterrence and peace and stability on the korean peninsula in conclusion let me say grateful i am to secretary and minister quando for the exchanges of views today thank you very much. because next let's listen to secretary pay you. it's truly an honor to be here in and

standing with foreign minister khan foreign minister kind of there is an incredibly the moment in history fact and the historic summit between president tramp and chairman kim jong il. the tragic preparation and united states south korea and japan has been crucial to the effectiveness with that efforts we're getting we're getting our efforts were added to the denuclearization of north korea and it was certainly keyed to opportunity for the summit in singapore the discussions we had today amongst the three of us reflect our three countries commitment to continue working together towards the ultimate success of this effort today the foreign minister matt discussed the president from summit with chairman kim jong il and the importance of staying closely coordinated throughout the entire process of denuclearization the president's summit with north korean leader kim jong il two days ago that is indeed a turning point in the u.s.

north korea relationship kim jong un's private commitment to completely denuclearize is an important step towards bringing lasting peace and stability to northeast asia and indeed to the entire world as the president said this will be a process and not an easy one step closer than would advise the republic of korea and japan will be critical to the success of that outcome there it should rest assured that the united states the republic of korea and japan remain committed to achieving the complete the very fabric and irreversible denuclearization of north korea the us i insist with these two countries are absolutely ironclad minister mr kind and i have developed a close friendship and together we will continue to closely coordinated with respect to north korea as we move forward together. there's a trap as i made it clear that it came gently and denuclearize if there is a bright future for north korea and its people he outlined that vision beautifully

here and said when he spoke at the national assembly last november when vision a strong connected secure and prosperous north korea that is fully integrated into the community of nations kim jong un indicated in singapore that he showed that vision we are able to see we are eager to see him take the next steps to achieve it because the united states is ready for a new chapter in our history thank you and then when you come. to the next stage is mr cool enough to pass. for i would like to express my gratitude to minister congo for hosting this trilateral foreign ministers meeting immediately after their first u.s. north korea summit in singapore this is their first try lateral meeting since secretary mike pompei or assume their current position mr khan and i pleased to

welcome secretary pompei or to join us today i would also like to thank secretary pompei all for providing us with a timely and first hand briefing of the summit meeting where chairman kim jong un committed to the complete denuclearization over the korean peninsula taking this opportunity i really like to express my heartfelt respect for the strong leadership of president trump and the hard work by secretary pompei all. this is only the beginning of a challenging yet significant significant process to achieve a common peace and stability in the region and beyond. north korea's complete very fireable and irreversible dismantlement of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles of all rangers foreign secretary point pay was

briefing we had a frank discussion on how we north korea to take concrete actions towards a full implementation of the relevant united nations security council resolutions based on the outcome of the summit. we reaffirm that the three countries continue our joint effort to discuss and with regard to security guarantees to north korea and the joint statement north korea reaffirmed its commitment to complete dinu craze ation all with the korean peninsula while the united states is committed to provide a security guarantee to know its career we understand that the united states advanced the discussion provision over security guarantees right carefully monitoring when north korea takes concrete steps to fulfill its commitment to new creation

and we also know that nor security guarantees have been given yet in addition concerning us exercise we believe that the japan-u.s. alliance as well as the deterrence based on them play an essential role in security and a north east asia. exercise that detail will be discussed between the united states and ok any case we understand that any exercise is contingent upon d.p. ok action tours did new craze ation we will soon understand that united states maintains its commitment to defend our allies and japan u.s. security commitment and u.s. forces in japan poster remain unchanged in any case we would like to

maintain close contact with them since these issues may also affect the security of japan in the region japan continues to seek to normalize its relations with north korea in accordance who is to. ok declare its creation complete comprehensively resolving outstanding issues. such as nuclear missile and abductees issues as well as the settlement of unfortunate past japan will continue to play an important role in realizing peace and stability in east asia in close coordination with the united states and are ok i am looking forward to further working with secretary pompei or and minister can go far in the future thank you very much. and when you come to thank you mr caudle you're watching ologists here the time is old two thirty nine g m t

and that has been japanese foreign minister tuttle kono finishing off a press conference also featuring his south korean counterpart. and the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh michael peo has been in the seoul giving. the foreign ministers rundown of the details or as many details as he can give of these summits recently between the singapore between the president donald trump and the leader of north korea kim jong un i want to bring in our guest now from skype on skype rather is charles armstrong is joining us from new york he's a professor of korean studies at columbia university we appreciate your time sir a quite a lot of money is being made there but the significant ones appeared to be an intention to show a university university if you like of opinion about this process of belief in this

process and that the alliance is still strong between south korea japan and the u.s. but also had a mission that this is just simply the beginning of the process. yes that's right there are a lot of interesting things said about all three representatives i thought one of the most interesting things for mr cole near the end there's been a lot of concern out of the suspension u.s. military exercises which seems to have been something trump said with a consultation with south korea but was he foreign minister was that this would be contingent on north korea taking steps with denuclearization so it isn't it appears just simply a concession on the u.s. part but also something that north korea's missile to respond to this is one of the details that are quite interesting but generally the attempt was to show a united front regarding north korea even though there's been considerable concern

in the last couple of days some differences of view among the u.s. should men and south korea about the future of u.s. military relations and the effects of the trauma. there is a point made by the south korean foreign minister kangkung file for she said that it was important to in part of that moving in moving forward process to get more concrete detail about what was actually discussed at the summit and of course this really is at the heart of this meeting that my compiler is attending today because he's got to try and explain what it was that donald trump and kim jong un actually agreed at that summit and to try and narrow down some of the of the definitions of for example denuclearization. yes that's right the declaration itself was very short and very big and lacking in specifics about many issues including what

exactly do nuclear station means what steps will be taken toward that goal what do we mean by u.s. security assurances to north korea how we go forward in implementing denuclearization with the cross and so on and as it is simple he was dressed that this is a process and it will be a long and difficult one but the lack of specifics is something of concern to all parties involved it usually ends up in japan and many of these details we filled out before any concrete steps to can be taken in the run up to the summit that took place in singapore there was a sense that japan had and essentially being sidelined through all this process is there an opportunity now for japan to essentially get back into the game or is this really down to the u.s. and north korea. well certainly japan is a lot at stake in this process and they're very concerned about the danger to their

territory with north korean nuclear weapons and they there was a feeling in japan that the country had been sidelined in these talks whereas there were talks between north and south korea in april and then between the u.s. and north korea this week in japan had really been worked out so it was i think quite definitely smart of company to discuss this immediately with the japanese government and for the three governments to issue statements together one of the things that brought up which is really a concern of japan and is dealing with issues of the past including the issue of dirty as it is japanese citizens taken by north korea in the past which has been very much a concern of the japanese public and something that the japanese government has a high priority on in moving toward normal relations between japan and north korea let me widen this out just very slightly one country that we're not talking about yet is of course china because china regards north korea as very strategically

important and of course it was a signatory to the original armistice deal can much of this go ahead without china's involvement. well china has been a kind of invisible presence all along it's quite remarkable that kim jong un who had never been to china went twice in the space of just a few weeks to meet with president xi before the summit china seems to be pleased with the results of the summit they would they would like north korea to cease is nuclear program but it would also like to reduce to see tensions reduced between the u.s. and north korea in this and they seem satisfied with that but if we're going to move toward a peace agreement to replace the queen will armistice which is something much discussed recently there was a chain it has to be involved with us and china was one of the main hooter's of the korean war but more broadly any real change in the internal conditions of north korea in any process or in more secure and stable peace in northeast asia must

involve very low cost which is admission of china charles armstrong as professor of korean studies at columbia university we appreciate your time thank you very much indeed thank you. now it's time for the sport here sana thank you very much the u.s. canada and mexico will die at lehigh hosted twenty twenty six football world cup in north american bed one twice as many votes as it's only rival morocco football's governing body is denying that pressure from u.s. president donald trump may have influenced the voting he willing supports from moscow canada mexico and usa have been selected by their fee for congress to host the twenty twenty six world cup the world cup will return to the united states of america for the first time in thirty two years its pretty involving mexico and canada the united bid was the heavyweight counterfeit it was in fact taken on surprising triumph with one hundred thirty four votes to sixty five for

the other contender for rocco. the u.s. where the big players in this all along play we host sixty games mexico ten and candidates him thank you for entrusting us with this privilege the privilege of hosting the fee for world cup in twenty twenty six let us also salute our friends from morocco at the end of the day we are all united in football that's the spirit of the world cup snubbed in that twenty twenty two bit losing out the cuts are the stars and stripes of looming large over faith it was the american investigators attorney general and the f.b.i. who brought down setbacks as faith for three years ago new faith saddam issues the politics of keeping america sweet and crucially making money the united bid promised billions of dollars more this host decision was a transparent vote for the first time which caused its own problems so hundred three national associations with their decision on the political scrutiny president

trumpet tweeted in april that it would be a shame if countries that we always support with the law be against the us state i'm not worried about anything at the least i'm worried about about the president of the united states or in mexico or canada prime minister or and i think you should. i think the question was answered i don't think anyone tries to take over feet he belongs to football and to the members of feet now the task for trump and he's a been a station we to work closely with mexico canada neighbors were playing relations have been distinctly strained in recent months over immigration and trying to. pride in that bit tense of frustration this is the fifth time they have tried and filed and i might strong like progress to have a genuine chance still the tournament has been staged in africa just once that's all of it's about to kick off here in russia will feature thirty two nations competing but it's all we get so mexico canada and the united states twenty twenty

six that we forty eight teams more teams more money and that's what appealed to the faithful fighters here but despite its critics it's only when it's set to be a big success they welling's moscow well despite north america's political defies officials insist the decision came down to what's best for football gabriel is in new york with more. it's usually a big party this was the scene in doha nearly eight years ago when qatar was awarded the twenty twenty two world cup when brazil was named the host of the two thousand and fourteen tournaments this was how brazilians reacted in rio de janeiro but in new york city on wednesday morning no such celebrations many people didn't even realize the u.s. mexico and canada were bidding for let alone had won a joint bid to host the two thousand and twenty six football extravaganza the most excited people seem to be tourists it's where the data to mexico is i think

is going to be a good. work up. maple mexico have to prove that is the best team in the don't like out in mexico or a leisure. football is everything in mexico. and back home this is what mexico's president had to say. after the successful tournaments held in one nine hundred seventy nine hundred eighty six mexico will make history by becoming the first country to host three world cups the u.s. is also hosted one thousand nine hundred four and canada hosted the women. world cup a few years ago but it will be the first time world football's marquee showcase will be held in three countries simultaneously in many ways selecting north america was an easy decision everything is already built and ready to go such as stadiums in airports and all that infrastructure and then of course there's new york city but

despite all this people still needed some last minute convincing not that the united states would be ready but that the world would be welcomed president donald trump sent three private letters to fever officials in the past few months assuring them that america would not prohibit any fans officials or players from any country coming to the u.s. for the tournament even if trump is reelected to a second term he won't be president in two thousand and twenty six but he wanted to assure people and none of his anti immigration policies or travel bans would apply when the us co-host the world cup well there were no big celebrations here or even in mexico or canada for that matter after it was announced the world cup was coming back to north america this is what it will probably be like in eight years promises of the biggest and best world cup to date hosted in three nations across one continent. new york.

the time. spain. has been sacked just two days before the team's opening up much against portugal the spanish football federation say they were forced to let him go because he failed to tell them that he had agreed to join real madrid at the. time and they were to send reports from such. behind me is the stadium where twenty ten world champions spain will kickoff their tournament against the reigning european champions portugal is also expected to be the venue for julian to take charge of spain at a major tournament for the first time but that has all changed on tuesday it emerged he would be succeeding down as roma driggs coach at the end of this

tournament and it appears those negotiations have been taking place without the knowledge of the spanish football federation it was news they were less than happy to hear about so unhappy in fact that they've chosen to fire a lot at stake now his reputation at club level is decidedly underwhelming his one foray into coaching a senior team came in portugal with porto and it finished with him being fired inside two seasons but with spain he's had great success he's led the age group seems to european championships and since taking over the senior team after the euro two thousand and sixteen tournament he has had great success and has guided them to a twenty game unbeaten run coming into this event and then one of the favorites to lift the trophy but they now go into their first game in a state of unexpected off the field chaos and they have a tough game to get organized for the taking on a portugal same lot of course by rail madrid's christiane. often and our hero

will take over our spain's replacement coach for the world cup the former spanish international who played out for world cup coach for just one year at a second division side he told media once day that he won't look to change anything head of the opening game. in the current circumstances i except this responsibility with courage it couldn't be any other way i'm aware that we have a group of staff and players have been working towards the world cup for two years i've been sporting director for the last seven or eight months and i understand if your body's great excitement i just couldn't let them down beyond that i have the greatest respect and affection for a lot to take for the great work he's done over these last two years without a doubt i wish him the best but many spanish fans are unhappy with the decision you're going to be bigger fan i think the way it's been done is not the right one i

believe real madrid should have waited until the end of the world cup to make the announcement to avoid destabilizing the national here. and find the decision to fire up to take you head of the world cup in correct an outrageous because we're two days away from the opening match against portugal which is the most difficult rival we're facing in the group i think leaving the team without a coach at the stage is going to be fatal because at the end of the day the dynamic they had until now is going to be lost i don't see much future for spain at the world cup due to this decision. has returned to training ahead of egypt's world cup opener against uruguay on friday while he gave his fast when he joined his team mates for assess and wednesday the liverpool striker has been sidelined with a shoulder injury that he picked up in the champions league final loss to real madrid is still not known if hill start in their opener. roger federer has won his first match back at the stood guard open after a three month layoff he will number two looked rusty early on and dropped in first

said to his german opponent michelle's vet ever but the swiss star found his rhythm and broke there twice in both of the next two sets for the win federer can take the number one ranking from raw rough on the down low by making it through to the final . call of second major the u.s. open gets underway on thursday and tiger woods says he's feeling confident after being in contention at a number of recent events however it is a decade since the former world number one last won a golfing major and five years since he last won a tournament and that's all his fault for me i will have more later on and talk to has lost almost three trillion tons of ice since the early one nine hundred ninety s. according to a new study scientists have tracked the thawing by satellite data and they've discovered the sea levels have risen almost a centimeter causing a risk of flooding for them this if it islands to florida most of the ice has been

lost from west antarctica on the antarctic peninsula where warmer ocean water is melting floating ice shelves a massive dust storm on mars has put nasa's opportunity rover at risk scientists hope it will survive the storm which is expected to completely encircled the red planet in the coming days opportunity is powered by solar panels on the likely to be deprived of sunlight could be weeks or even months until the sky clears enough for sunlight to reach the martian surface. and laura karl is going to be here in a couple of minutes with more on all these stories including the visit by u.s. secretary of state like pompei o to sold to try to get more details to political leaders about what was said at the singapore summit by.

unpack it for us what were you hearing what were you seeing whether on line horrendous things you know it's all just there as i was looking for that about that or if you join us on the sat a lot of the major countries in the commonwealth have far bigger fish to fry and ship steve bass is a dialogue to us about some of this success if perhaps everyone has a voice what happens when the robots themselves are making the decision to join the colobus conversation amount is iraq. with new rules spanning six continents across the globe. i'll just eras correspondence living brains the stories they tell you that this was not a good novel nothing less the south. were at the mercy of the russian camp for palestinian refugees elder syria sued in world news. and

i soon killed ten men from many members and gone to town a hundred mean. the war is possible in the people in power i mean it's the women heading an eighteen man militia. and dispensing justice with an unforgiving hand in the union and i finally in iraq on al jazeera. and monday put it well on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do. with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their countries have been truly unable to escape the war.

the singapore summit is over but the talking continues the u.s. meets south korea and japan to discuss the deal trump made with kim. a landmark trial this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the battle of four had a. coalition forces launched an operation to retake the gammy port city despite aid agencies warning of a human catastrophe plus. standing up the goals of the un adopts a resolution condemning excessive israeli forces against palestinians and. football fever.